I’m a pretty good scrabble player. But I have a fatal flaw that keeps me from excellence. When my tile combination provides a particularly elegant or creative word, I am unable to resist playing it. I downplay the defensive risk, assuring myself that my opponent will only score modestly on the newly opened-up board. Sadly, I repeatedly find they’ve

Dear Amy: I was on my husband’s phone recently and saw he had been watching videos featuring lots of different women: Women who were doing things like folding towels, pretending to give haircuts and sometimes just whispering. Nothing sexual, just long videos of really nothing happening.

Dear Amy: Recently, a close mentor of
mine was accused by multiple women of
sexual misconduct in the ‘90s. The
accusations (many of them quite
graphic) were made public in a
national and highly respected
publication.

Decades ago when I worked in finance, I often joined company discussions about new software. While off-the-shelf software packages were becoming readily available, some companies still opted to build their own accounting, purchasing or email programs.